This baby toy is recommended for babies one year old and up. It has good-sized pieces with good-sized knobs your child can easily grab and hold onto. When they pull the shape up, a picture below will match the shape they removed. The pieces on the Melissa and Doug First Shapes Jumbo baby toy are marked “circle,” “triangle,” “oval,” “rectangle,” and “square.” These are all the basic shapes your child will first become familiar with.
The jumbo shaped toy is in the design of a house having windows, a door, and a sun attached. It will help with the motor skills of your child as he/she learns to lift each piece up and put it back in correctly. Remove all the pieces and watch as your child searches to find the square place to put the square back into, and so on. This baby toy also helps with cognitive thinking processes. You will enjoy watching the expressions that cross your child’s face as he/she figures and thinks about where each shape needs to go to return to its proper home.
The Melissa and Doug First Shapes Jumbo baby toy is brightly colored, which will grab and retain your baby’s attention while pulling the pieces up and putting them back down again. This is a solid wood puzzle with pieces that are one-half inch thick, and virtually indestructible, which will make a terrific first puzzle for your child and one of the best toys around.
Another plus for the Melissa and Doug First Shapes Jumbo baby toy is that with the extra large puzzles pieces, it makes them extra-easy for parents to find when baby has wandered off with them into another room. Also, if your little one takes to clanging them together as a pair of cymbals, they are well-made enough to last through the music set. This toy requires no batteries, which at times can also be helpful. Parents love this choice among great kids’ toys for the learning opportunity it presents their young child.
